Balinese Wedding Traditions - For the destination wedding planners!

Incorporating the local traditions into your wedding will be a wonderful way of showcasing your appreciation of the culture of your destination of choice. Bali is a destination loved by Australians and the country hosts a horde of Australian travellers every year. It has become a common practice for the Aussies to take marital vows in Bali by blending the Balinese wedding vows too. Here's a list of wedding traditions of the Balinese.

Memadik is one of the most common traditions in Bali. So, what is it exactly? Here the groom along with his family visit the future bride's premises in order to ask their daughter's hand in marriage to their son. This is performed as a principle of respect. This kind of tradition is mostly unheard of in some cultures and which you can easily incorporate. You may not have your own house in Bali, but you can definitely think of something, right? The Memadik procession is, in fact, a very formal process that happens as part of a large ceremony. So, book a place and gather your families and friends and have a memorable evening. If you are planning on a destination wedding in Bali, then properties such as Alila Villas Uluwatu offer wedding packages that conveniently include a Balinese theme.

Have you ever fancied an elopement? The thrill might actually get you quite hyper, yes? Well, in Bali the Ngerorod is just that, and it's a practice still followed today. So, what does it entail? Well, the groom and the bride sneak out and have a sleepover at a friend's place. While this is happening, the bride's family pretend to be really angry. It doesn't just end there. They also organise a search party, that obviously is going to be unsuccessful, in finding the bride and groom. The bride and groom consummate their marriage on this night. After forty-two days of this drama, the families get together and organise a grand wedding. But having an extravagant wedding is your choice really. If you just want the elopement and the thrill involved, you can scratch off the wedding and do just that, an elopement! This is especially welcomed by couples who are having destination weddings on a low budget. You get the marriage completed with a search party who will never find you! That will be quite a thrill.

Another tradition of the Balinese people is the Nyentana. In this ceremony, the patriarchal traditions of the locals are reversed. Here the groom will join the bride which is not the norm. This is a tradition that is practised when the bride does not have any males in her family. Thus, the groom dutifully steps into her household to take his bride's lineage in order to let it continue. If this is the case, then the bride's family has to gain permission from the groom's family for such a marriage to take place.